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If you bring a fellowship offering as fulfillment of a vow or as your own freewill offering, not all of it has to be eaten on the day it is offered, but any that is left over may be eaten on the following day.
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Any meat that still remains on the third day must be burned.
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If any of it is eaten on the third day, God will not accept your offering. The offering will not be counted to your credit but will be considered unclean, and whoever eats it will suffer the consequences.
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If the meat comes into contact with anything ritually unclean, it must not be eaten, but must be burned. Any of you that are ritually clean may eat the meat,
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but if any of you who are not clean eat it, you shall no longer be considered one of God's people.
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Also, if you eat the meat of this offering after you have touched anything ritually unclean, whether from a person or an animal, you shall no longer be considered one of God's people.
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The Lord gave Moses the following regulations
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for the people of Israel. No fat of cattle, sheep, or goats shall be eaten.
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The fat of an animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by a wild animal must not be eaten, but it may be used for any other purpose.
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Anyone who eats the fat of an animal that may be offered as a food offering to the Lord will no longer be considered one of God's people.
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No matter where the Israelites live, they must never use the blood of birds or animals for food.
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Anyone who breaks this law will no longer be considered one of God's people.
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The Lord gave Moses the following regulations
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for the people of Israel. When any of you offer a fellowship offering you must bring part of it as a special gift to the Lord,
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bringing it with your own hands as a food offering. You shall bring the fat of the animal with its breast and present it as a special gift to the Lord.
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The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall belong to the priests.
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The right hind leg of the animal shall be given as a special contribution
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to the priest who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering.
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The breast of the animal is a special gift, and the right hind leg is a special contribution that the Lord has taken from the people of Israel and given to the priests. This is what the people of Israel must give to the priests for all time to come.
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This is the part of the food offered to the Lord that was given to Aaron and his sons on the day they were ordained as priests.
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On that day the Lord commanded the people of Israel to give them this part of the offering. It is a regulation that the people of Israel must obey for all time to come.